The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1887-03-02
R + TRI B 7 TITO N.
BY "THE DUCHESS"
CHAPTER NJ.


"Thc thing is how To discover him.
Those fellows nowadays are SO difficult
a. unear,h, and our detective system is sc
painfully Inefficient
II don't want him." says Millicent,
who is looking very pretty and fragile
I'm her invalid gown Of white cashmere
and lace. IL only want my sapphires
] was saying To auntie only this morning
what very remarkable thing IL is. that
both Lady Nalworth-your mother
and should have been made prey OF
burglars
"Odd! The same thought struck me-
only this morning. says Grant, show
ing all his white teeth as he smiles
C'What bite he could give" thinks his
flancce, watching him. Quite "a coinci
dence, ehy But IL must be acknowledged
your loss Is even greater than hers
Those sapphires were unrivaled, and will
fetch high price anywhere.
"Your loss, too, Grant, gays Mrs.
Brand. Your future wifc'-with a
smile at Milliccnt-"will lose a little Of
her prestige now she has ceased To he the
possessor of these famous Jewels"
"My future wife, ~ says Grant grace
fully, Twill not need the addition Of any
Jewels To make her the most beautiful
woman In England.
''Ye godsi" cries Miss Grey, springing
suddenly To- her feet and rushing across
the room Ia II mirror. Am ] that
The most beautiful woman in England
Am that now, my good Grant! Or IL
IL the fact Of being Your wife that will
make me SOY
"Now, Of course And then, too,
hope"
"Wrong now. at all events, my
friend after an exhaustive examina'
ton Of her pretty form in the mirror.
81 know some one at this very momen,
who is unspeakably better worth looking
AT than | am
Lady Landngi'
"No! | prefer myself to her. was
thinking of my little friend--my youth.
full NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roche. BY the
bye, what singular thing that you have
never seen her"
quite rs singular that she has never
seen me-"
she did-oncc."
Boyle turns straight round and looks
at her. lie had been teasing the parrot
up 10 this Though he does not speak,
something in his face compcls her to an.
swcr him ~ though hc hal done so.
"Yes--oncc, really; 50 YOU are not "a
unknown to fame AS you imagine"
"She told you SOY
"She confessed rs much But, as you
seem modest about IT, perhaps it will
comfort you to learn that what she did
see was only the back of your head, and
IA bit OF Your nose. You know, II you
will wear your nose 50 long you cannot
expect IL TO altogether escape observa-
tom
Grant laughs.
$50 that was all she SAW She can have
no idea then what a good looking fellow
am" he says, with a mischievous shrug.
"Not the slightest. Your persistent re-
fusal 10 oblige all your admirers by sit
ting to "A photographer has put 1t out OF
my power Ia give Nadine some faint idea
Of your charms"
''Just rs WE'LL she might have been
oyerpowcrcd 10y them" returns Grant,,
who has gone back 10 his task Of reduc-
ing the parrot 10 n state of frenzy.
Not that | believe in photographs, q"
goes on Milliccnt "Therc is Lefty Lums-
den, she looks like n Venus on card
board-like dairymaid in the flesh"
ITO say nothing Of Mrs. DENLY, who
looks like u saint in the flesh. and like a
Bacchante, rs portrayed by Descendants.
I'm rather glad I'm ont of it. rejoice
to think my face is still my own. Photos"
with curious little laugh--"are dan
gerous
IF every one thought that the detec
tives would be oftener at fault than they
are" says Mrs. Brand photographs
ave been the means Of bringing many
criminals Ia Justice.
AS have Said--thcy are dangerous"
replies her nephew.
II wish we had some picture Of the
wretch who has robbed Millicent."
But you see YOU haven't"
"You take IL very easily-yet you must
regret the jewels, Grant," says Mrs.
Brand, frctfully, who is OF opinion that
nothing now should be thought Of but
the irreparable loss her niece has sus-
tanned, and who regards the present
frivolity as being distinctly in bad taste,
all things. Indeed, she
would have considered IL hardly out Of
place II some one had pulled down the
blinds aud put mufiiing ON the knocker.
II assure you ! do not regret them. l
have nothing TO regret returns he,
laughing lightly Then he looks Mt Mil
licent. GLOW can find room for regret
when see my cousin safe and wellS"
Millicent is ms touched by his manner
as IL would be possible for him to move
her.
"Certainly he bears the loss Of those
Jewels very WELL" she says 10 herself;
'and he used To be their most eXtrava-
giant admirer. Sometimes IL irritated me
to think he looked upon them with pro-
pictorial eye, but after all believe
wronged him. IL they were still in my
possession OF IN his he could not be more
She gives him little kindly glance as
a reward for this, which seems TO afford
him some secret amusement
'The thing that puzzles me-" goes Oh
Mrs. Brand, who cannot keep her mind
off the subject, sis how the miscreant
got I'm. Certainly Brown confesses he Is
not in the habit Of putting up the chain
at night---a most reprehensible neglect, for
which have severely censured him; but,
that, do not see how the burg
lar could have had door key exactly
Ike ours. IL IL one of a most peculiar
pattern; poor Mr.. Brand quite prided him
self on it,
"The more peculiar, the easier to take
an impression Of it," says Grant.
''ro take an impression'-to get a false
key NADER But that means you would
suspect the servants. | could not do
that; they are all old servants--old
friends, indeed, ! might almost say"
"You are like my mother. She will not
believe the servants we've implicated in
the diamond robbery at valworth; yet
II she had taken my advice recovery
might have been effected. Mind, do not
say it would" says Capt. Boyle, who
seems determined TO give everyone a
chance; II only say II might
"But--but surely you would not mt.
tach suspicion 10 Brown says Mrs.
Brand, nervously, who is easily swayed.
'Thero are other servants in the house
besides Brown; and people come and 90
-ehy'
"No one comes and goes except Miss
Roche; you would not suspect her, sup
poser" says Millnent coldly.
81 really could not form IN opinion.
You forget | have not had the pleasure
of an Introduction to Miss Roche"
There Is a slight return OF his sneering
tone here-the tone that had driven her
to passionate anger during that inter
viaW a the Inst Inpca aha haI attanha1